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Friday, November 29, 2013

Fujifilm has been declared one of the top 100 global innovators in the prestigious Thomson Reuters list. Peter Wigington, Marketing Manager for Fujifilm Photo Imaging Group commented on the announcement: "It is a huge honour for Fujifilm to be named as one of the world's most innovative companies and this accolade is testament to the quality of the products we design and manufacture." 2013 is the second successive year Fujifilm has received the accolade.

Adorama today announced the return of its “Deal of the Day” holiday sales event. Beginning Thanksgiving Day and ending Christmas Eve, shoppers can visit Adorama.com for substantial savings on select electronics, computing, photography and video products. “The Adorama ‘Deal of the Day’ sales event is designed to not only provide steep discounts for our customers but to also bring some excitement to the online shopping experience – every day brings a new surprise that truly benefits the shopper. Plus, with our team of pros hand-selecting each featured product, customers will be presented with an outstanding deal on the industry’s most exceptional and in-demand gear and gadgets,” comments Ahron Schachter, director of strategic planning,

The Lomographic Society has introduced a range of accessories for the Lomography Konstruktor, its DIY film SLR. The £12.90/$14.90 Konstruktor Magnifying Chimney Hood provides a magnified viewfinder image for more precise focusing, and allows dioptre correction. The £16.90/$19.90 Konstruktor Close-Up & Macro Lens Kit expands the capabilities of the Konstruktor DIY Camera and allows users to discover the world of macro photography. The kit includes a close-up lens with a close-focus point of 15cm and a macro lens with a minimum focus distance of 5cm. Both accessory lenses are made of plastic. Meanwhile Lomography has also announced a non-working, transparent Collector's Edition of the Konstruktor, which allows anyone to see what's inside a basic 35mm film SLR.

With Black Friday upon us and Cyber Monday just around the corner, we've rounded-up all 7 Holiday Gift Guides that we've published in the last week. If you're looking to buy a camera, make sure to check out our expert guides first!

In a sign that smartphones are definitely coming of age from a purely photographic point of view, LG are really pushing the optical image stabilization technology inside their new G2 smartphone with the release of an entertaining video campaign starring none other than a chicken.

The ShutterBug Remote is a Bluetooth-enabled camera remote that works with your Android or iOS device. Offering a range of up to 300ft/90m and a battery life of 4 months, the ShutterBug Remote is easy to set up - just plug in the remote, and connect to it with your Bluetooth LE enabled iPhone, iPad, iPod or Android device to control focus, shutter, bulb, timed exposures, interval exposures, and mirror lockup. The device is on sale for $94.95 now until Cyber Monday, 2nd December. For more information and to place an order, visit the website below.

Olympus UK's latest pop-up event is an exhibition of vintage photographs by Denis O'Regan. Taken in the 1980s with an assortment of Olympus OM series film cameras, these images were all shot on the band's record breaking 1984 "Sing Blue Silver" tour. The show has been put together to celebrate the impending release of Denis's coffee table book "Careless Memories," which contains hundreds of exquisitely restored, previously unseen photographs, taken mostly during the North American and Japanese legs of the band’s tour. Open until 5th December, the exhibition venue is located at 15 Foubert's Place, just off London's famous Carnaby Street.

X-Rite Photo has announced two Coloratti webinars for December. On 10 December 2013, commercial and fashion photographer Jon R. Trengereid will be taking a closer look at a few photographs and talk about lighting and postproduction. This session starts at 11a.m. London time. One week later, on 17th December, X-Rite Coloratti Frank Doorhof will be demonstrating everything a photographer needs to know before, during and after a model shoot. This webinar is taking place from 5:30-6.30p.m. GMT.

Tiffen has announced an app sale running through Cyber Monday, 2 December 2013. Available on the iTunes Store, Tiffen Photo fx can now be purchased for $.99 (regularly $2.99) and Tiffen Photo fx Ultra for $1.99 (regularly $4.99).

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Fujifilm has announced an upcoming firmware update for its X-Pro1 compact system camera. Version 3.10 brings a number of improvements and enhancements, including improved accuracy and coverage of the bright frame in the optical viewfinder, a new file name editing function, more consistent file numbering for photos taken in continuous shooting mode, and improved in-camera raw conversion. Additionally, you will be able to see the exposure setting in live-view, adjust the aperture / shutter speed while maintaining the exposure value while AE lock is selected, and set the default and maximum sensitivity and minimum shutter speed when selecting AUTO in the ISO setting. This new firmware update for the Fujifilm X-Pro1 will be available on 5th December.